The 10 Happiest Jobs In America

CareerBliss.com recently surveyed 200,000 independent employees from 70,000 jobs all over the country to determine which ranked the highest in nine key areas that affect employee happiness: the employee's relationship with their boss and co-workers, their work environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks and the amount of control the employee has over the work that they do. The results may surprise you.

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For one thing, employee happiness is not dependent on how much they make, but rather the quality of their relationships and the amount of control they have. According to Heidi Golledge, CEO of CareerBliss, although "salary is always an important component of every job ...the research shows that money is not enough to keep good employees happy. From the employer's perspective, realizing salary is not one of the key drivers of workplace happiness can help employers focus on the areas which will drive job satisfaction to create a happier environment for all." These key drivers break down into three main criteria:

The specific tasks their job entails on a day-to-day basis

How much control they have over his or her daily tasks

Their relationships with co-workers and customers, including supervisors and colleagues

Based on these criteria, here are the top 10 happiest careers in the country:

10. Legal

What They Do: Lawyers may represent a party in criminal and civil trials by presenting evidence and arguing in court to support their client or counsel their clients about their legal rights and obligations and suggest particular courses of action in business and personal matters.

Job Outlook: Employment for social workers is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2018. Job prospects are expected to be favorable, particularly for social workers who specialize in the aging population or work in rural areas.*

3. Education

What They Do: The educational services industry includes a variety of institutions that offer academic education, career and technical instruction, and other education and training to millions of students each year.

Job Outlook: Greater numbers of children and adults enrolled in all types of schools will generate employment growth in this industry. A large number of retirements will add additional job openings and create good job prospects for many of those seeking work in educational services.*

Job Outlook: Customer service representatives are expected to experience faster than average growth. Furthermore, job prospects should be good as many workers who leave this very large occupation will need to be replaced.*

1. Biotechnology

According to Careerbliss, Biotech is the happiest job in America. "In biotech, the people that they work with, and more specifically the person that they work for, tends to rank higher in terms of importance, and employees are overwhelmingly happy with those conditions," says Golledge.

What They Do: Biological scientists study living organisms and their relationship to the environment.

This article is terrible. 8 out of 10 jobs they listed are actually proven by multiple psychologists and doctors to be considered the most stressful careers that lead to depression... This article should be removed lol what a joke.